After learning that five members of the Toronto city council voted not to strip Rob Ford of his powers, Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams decided to investigate: she trekked up to Toronto to ask Ford's supporters what they were thinking.

At a special city council meeting called to debate striping most of his remaining power, Ford mimicked one fellow city councillor over past drunk driving accusations and tackled another. Ice Cube would agree today was not a good day for Toronto mayor Rob Ford.

The crack-smoking, hard drinking, drunk-driving, allegedly pill-popping, allegedly coke-snorting, allegedly hooker-cavorting Toronto mayor, Rob Ford, has dreams of one day running his great country straight into the ground.

The scandal engulfing Toronto city hall gets sadder and sadder as each day passes. As the embattled mayor, Rob Ford, fights to hold on to his last crumbs of power, the notoriously penny-pinching politician gave each member of his staff a hefty raise Friday.

The very weird story of Rob Ford took a turn towards the sad on Friday, after the Toronto Star published a report on a police investigation into a possible case of domestic abuse in the Ford household.

Rob Ford, who is still somehow the Mayor of Toronto, had a busy Thursday, from a foul-mouthed moment on live TV to his decision to seek help for his addictions to his pledge to sue staff members who told the police about his alcohol and drug use.

Toronto mayor Rob Ford admitted to buying illegal drugs within the last two years during an intense, heated city council meeting Wednesday that saw lawmakers deliver a petition and an official motion urging him to step aside. Plus: more alleged drugs, hookers and young women who were promised while smoking joints with the mayor!

The man who originally tried to broker the sale of the Rob Ford crack tape finally revealed his identity Friday evening in a pair of explosive interviews that offered more details in the never-ending, increasingly ludicrous Canadian scandal.

Like every great scandal, it started with an irksome early morning phone call right after Easter. That's what set off the Toronto Star's great hunt for the video of mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, and the investigation into Ford's interesting associates.

Toronto mayor Rob Ford asked citizens for forgiveness during his weekly radio show with his brother, city councillor Doug Ford, and apologized for his "mistakes," but never admitted to or acknowledged any drug use.

Reporters have followed Rob Ford's every move since the alleged crack cocaine video was first reported months ago, so you would think he'd be used to it by now. But as the crack scandal sparked up again, and more reporters hopped on his trail, the mayor sought help from the cops.

Now that Toronto police confirmed the existence of the video allegedly showing Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, leading to calls for his resignation from city councillors, every major newspaper, and the trade board, Ford's poll numbers fell with the might of one thousand suns went up. Wait, what?

In the latest chapter of the human disaster that is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, his lawyer has come out with a not-that-convincing defense to the mayor's crack-smoking allegations: he could have been smoking something other than crack in that pipe.

The Toronto Police announced during a press conference on Thursday that it had arrested Mayor Rob Ford's friend and driver Alexander Lisi, and that they had acquired a video "consistent" with news depictions of a video that reporters who have seen it have said shows Ford smoking crack. According to Chief William Blair, "the mayor does appear in that video."

'Juicy' is the word that should come to mind when you hear that Robyn Doolittle, a Toronto Star reporter who has been all over the drama swirling around Mayor Rob Ford, will publish a book next year about his family.

Over the last week we've learned police have been investigating Toronto mayor Rob Ford since March -- before journalists, let alone the world, knew about the infamous (alleged!) crack video -- and occasionally using a spy plane. When asked about the investigation today, Ford just screamed about subways and laughed like a maniac.

An old friend, occasional driver, and alleged drug dealer for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, was arrested last night on charges of trafficking marijuana, complicating Ford's efforts to steer clear of any more drug-related scandals.

It's been just over three months since reports first emerged of the existence of a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, and now Toronto police appear to be slowly putting the complicated puzzle behind Ford and his questionable associates together.